Undergraduate Program
The Centre for Hellenic Studies offers courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Building on our strengths in Byzantine and Modern Greek history and seeking to expand into the post-Byzantine and early-Modern Greek worlds we collaborate with specialists in Ottoman and Modern Near Eastern studies at the SFU History Department to engage students at all levels with the fascinating worlds that provided the contexts for and interacted with Hellenism over the centuries.
At the same time recognizing that the roots of Medieval and Modern Hellenism cannot but be sought in the achievement of ancient Greece we partner with the Department of the Humanities in order to offer courses that will provide the intellectual and historical grounding for our course offerings.
Students interested in Hellenic Studies at the undergraduate level can therefore study all aspects of Hellenism from Mythology and History of Philosophy, to its presence in the social, political, religious, and economic spheres in Byzantine times and its adventures in the era of the Modern Greek state from the 19th century to the present. Significantly we try to weave discussions on Hellenism with modern debates examining our subject matter in both regional and global contexts.
Current Course Offerings - Fall 2011
HIST 308-4 – Byzantium from Constantine to the end of the Dark Ages (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units
Instructor: Dimitri Krallis
HIST 460-4 – From 300 to the Immortals: War and Society in Antiquity and the Byzantine Middle Ages (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units
Instructor: Dimitri Krallis
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Burnaby Campus)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Brook Pearson
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Surrey Campus)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Bill Dow
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Distance Education)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: David Mirhady
HUM 201-3 – Great Texts in the Humanities I: Ancient World to Renaissance (Surrey Campus)
Prerequisite: HUM 105 (formerly HIST 105 prior to 2007) or PHIL 150 or 30 credit hours
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Alessandra Capperdoni
HUM 216-3 – The Ancient World (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: Recommended HUM 105 (formerly HIST 105 prior to 2007). Students who have taken HIST 216 may not take this course for further credit.
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Brook Pearson
PHIL 150-3 – History of Philosophy (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: none
Instructor: Mark McPherran
Future Course Offerings - Spring 2012
HIST 277-3 – History of Greek Civilization (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: Students who have credit for History 307-4 ST Hellenic Studies: History of Greek Civilization may not take HIST 277-3 for further credit.
Instructor: TBA
HIST 304-4 – Alexander the Great and the Quest for World Empire (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 units of lower division history. Students who have taken HIST 391-4 D200 in 1051, HIST 309-4 E100 in 1061 or HIST 486 E100 in 1074 may not take HIST 304-4 for further credit.
Instructor: TBA
HIST 307-4 – Special Topics Hellenic Studies: Making the Greek City: Urban History in 19th and 20th Century Greece (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 hours of lower division history credit.
Instructor: Julian Brooks
HIST 317-4 – From Reconstruction to Destruction: Byzantium from the 9th to the 15th century (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units
Instructor: Dimitri Krallis
HIST 421-4 – Greece 1864-1925 (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units including 9 hours of lower division history credit.
Instructor: Julian Brooks
HIST 460-4 – Taxmen, Bankers and the Plough: The Greco-Roman and Byzantine Economies in Context (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units
Instructor: Dimitri Krallis
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Harbour Centre Campus)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Brook Pearson
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Burnaby Campus)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: Antone Minard
HUM 102W-3 – Classical Mythology (Distance Education)
Requirement Designation: B-HUM
Instructor: David Mirhady
HUM 302W-4 – The Golden Age of Greece: An Integrated Society (Burnaby Campus)
Prerequisite: 45 units
Instructor: Brook Pearson
GRK 110-3 – Modern Greek for Beginners I (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor. Students with credit for LANG 110 when offered with the same title may not take this course for further credit.
Instructor: TBA
GRK 160-3 – Modern Greek for Beginners II (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: Instructor Consent Required. GRK 110 or permission of the instructor. Students with credit for LANG 160 when offered with the same title may not take this course for further credit. Students are required to take a placement test/interview to verify appropriate level credit. Students who have received credit for previous levels will advance to the next level once verified by course instructor/student advisor. All students must forward their advising transcript to Maria Hamilton (mhamilton@sfu.ca)
Instructor: TBA
GRK 210-3 – Modern Greek Intermediate I (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: Instructor Consent Required. GRK 160 or permission of the instructor. Students with credit for LANG 210 when offered with the same title may not take this course for further credit. Students are required to take a placement test/interview to verify appropriate level credit. Students who have received credit for previous levels will advance to the next level once verified by course instructor/student advisor. All students must forward their advising transcript to mhamilton@sfu.ca.
Instructor: TBA
GRK 260-3 – Modern Greek Intermediate II (Distance Education)
Prerequisite: Instructor Consent Required. GRK 210 or permission from the instructor. Students with credit for LANG 260 when offered with the same title may not take this course for further credit. Students are required to take a placement test/interview to verify appropriate level credit. Students who have received credit for previous levels will advance to the next level once verified by course instructor/student advisor. All students must forward their advising transcript to mhamilton@sfu.ca.
Instructor: TBA